Improvement in fences



UNITED STATES PATENT UEEICE.

J. F. WARNER, OF OSKALOOSA, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

specificati on forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,629, dated February13, 1866.

To all iii/1,0m tt may concern."

Be it known that I, J. F. WARNER, of Oskaloosa, in the county of Mahaskaand State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Fence; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to makeand use the same,'reference being' had to the accompanying drawings,forming part ot' this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side viewof my invention; Fig. 2, a plan or top view of the same; Fig. 3, atransverse section of the same, taken in the line :r zr, Fig. l; Fig. 4,a transverse section of the same, taken in the line y y, Fig. l 5 Figs.5 and G, detached views of portions of the same.

' Similar letters ot reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to anew and improved fence of that class whichare constructed of boards or slats arranged horizontally and parallelwith each other.

The invention consists in supporting' the boards ot' the fence by meansof cross-braces,

lwith notches in said braces, and connecting the panels by lapping theboards, clasping the ends between the braces, thereby dispensing withthe use of nails, the whole being self-supporting and fastened togetherby means of pins ot' wood or other material, substantially ashereinafter set forth.

A represent-s the boards or slats of the fence, any proper or desired.number being used according tothe height desired. For a fence for insidefences I prefer a three-board fence of ten-inch-wide boards.

The boards of each panel are retained in position by means of braces B,tted or connected together by pins a (see Fig. 3) and a cross-bar, b.These braces are notched as well as the boards, and the former firmlyclamp the latter, holding them in proper position, the lower ends of thelower braces, B, being driven into the ground or inserted in sills whichrest upon the ground, and secured thereto by stakes.

It will be seen by referring to Fig. 3 that the braces are arrangeddiamond shape, or like the lazy-ton Os, the cross-bar b preventing themfrom spreading. Any number of these braces may be applied to the panels.The boards of the several panels are lapped at their ends, and thelapped ends are clamped by diagonal braces C, which are lapped at theirupper ends, are notched, and clamp the upper boards, as shown clearly inFig. 4. These braces C extend down and are attached to sills D, intowhich the lapped ends of the lower boards, A, are fitted, and from eachbrace C there is a pendent brace, E, which clamp the lower boards overthe sill. A cross-bar, bi, is also used with these braces, and thecross-bars b b ot' both systems of braces serve to hold or retain thecentral boards of the panels, as will be seen by referring to Figs. 3and 4.

In Fig. 5 the notches a* in the upper braces are shown, well as thenotches c* in the boards; and in Fig. 6 the notches d* in the pendentbraces E, with the notches ci in the boards, are shown.

Both systems ot' braces are constructed entirely on the same principle,and either of them may be used exclusively. I prefer, however, thebraces O with the sills I). A trifle more lumber is required for thisarrangement than the other, but they would be Inore readily constructedby farmers.

I do not. confine myself to the precise arrangement ot' the details asherein shown and described as regards the notching of the boards,for thetop boards need only benotched in order to hold the braces together.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patenti The constructionand arrangement of the braces and cross-bars applied to the boards orpanels of the fence, substantially as herein shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 12th day ofSeptember, 1865.

J. F. WARNER.

Witnesses GEO. W. LAFFERTY, WM. H. NEEDHAM.

